Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2005
574 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will grant a resource teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9022/05]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware, my Department received an application for four hours' resource teaching support for the pupil in question. Having considered the application, my Department advised the school that the pupil's special education needs, SEN, appear to be within the high incidence category. It would be expected that the pupil's SEN can be met from within the current resource-learning support teaching allocation available to the school. The school has the services of one full-time resource teacher post, a shared learning support teacher and four hours' part-time resource teaching support. It is a matter for the school to deploy these resources to meet the SEN of the pupils in the school.
